Terminator continuously spawns new windows

[NaviListen]

Terminator version: 0.97
Ubuntu version: 14.04
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.6

When launching Terminator after a fresh install, it won't stop spawning new windows.

Logs:
taylors@is11989:~$ terminator
/usr/share/terminator/terminatorlib/terminator.py:91: Warning: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised
  self.gnome_program = gnome.init(APP_NAME, APP_VERSION)
/usr/share/terminator/terminatorlib/terminator.py:91: Warning: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised
  self.gnome_program = gnome.init(APP_NAME, APP_VERSION)
/usr/share/terminator/terminatorlib/terminator.py:91: Warning: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised
  self.gnome_program = gnome.init(APP_NAME, APP_VERSION)
/usr/share/terminator/terminatorlib/terminator.py:91: Warning: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised
  self.gnome_program = gnome.init(APP_NAME, APP_VERSION)

The error spams inside the window, and shows up in every single new window that spawns as well.

I've googled the error I'm getting above but haven't found a solution that works for me. It also says at the end that it can't bind to Ctrl+Shift+Alt+a.

[NaviListen (1cakeisalie)]

I sort of fixed this issue with the following command:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash <username>

Apparently the x-terminal-emulator link is looping somewhere, but pointing my default shell to bash set everything straight.

It seems that the default install of Terminator was not compatible with my environment. Uninstalling Terminator, even with --purge, did not remove everything from my machine. Vim and screen were still trying to access Terminator after it was uninstalled. I had to add a line to my .vimrc to set the Vim shell to bash, and reinstalling screen did not work. Screen is still broken after this "fix."

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

Hi Bug subscribers, this is the maintainer (Steve Boddy) of Terminator, who took over from Chris.

In case you were not aware there has been a new release 0.98 of Terminator in the last few days which has many changes, fixes and updates. We also have an ongoing GTK3 port which uses a much more up-to-date libvte.

Even with the ~50 issues closed by that release, and discounting the ~90 outstanding wishlist items, we still have an unwieldy 95 bugs. With the oldest approaching it's 6th birthday and some that haven't seen any updates in nearly 5, it is time for a purge.

My intention is to try and get this list down to a minimum, and for that I need your help.

First I'm going to work through, oldest to newest, setting bugs to Incomplete, pending confirmation that they are still an issue. If after a month there is no feedback, the issue will get closed as Invalid. Here's where you come in. I can't always reproduce, or setting up (i.e. other distros) to even test takes a long time, so I'm going to try crowdsourcing this.

1. Get the latest release. Is it still an issue? If yes, set the confirmed-0.98 tag. For bonus points follow the guide http://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/2015/09/so-you-want-to-try-terminator-gtk3.html and see if the GTK3 branch has same issue, and set the confirmed-gtk3 or notaffected-gtk3 tag.

2. Can you reproduce with an empty/default config file? You can pass "-g temp_config" to do this without affecting your existing config. If you already have Terminator running, you'll need to pass -u as well to disable the DBus.

3. If able to, can you reproduce with another user/guest account?

4. If the issue does not already have clear, precise instructions to reproduce with minimal setup/steps, add them.

5. Put as much info about what you are running.
   * Software/library versions (libvte, gtk, pango, cairo, distro, desktop environment, language)
   * Screens (single or multi)
   * Any unusual / custom packages or configs that might be interacting.

6. If possible attach the config file, unless the issue also happens with an empty one, but mention that.

7. Attach the "-d" debug output from 0.98.

Some common things that cause incidents.

* Strange sizing issues or rapidly shrinking windows - Try turning off Window geometry hints.
* Input (esp. broadcasting duplicate chars etc) problems - Try killing IBus.
* Hand editing of the config file can cause various issues - Due to misunderstanding, incorrect structure or typos.
* Some issues are actually in libvte - This is why testing GTK3 is so important.
* segfaults - Unfortunately these are dying inside the C libraries, and it is usually beyond me to fix those.

Many thanks for your assistance, and hopefully this will get us closer to a bug-free Terminator.

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

Old bug, codebase has moved on, and not reproducible. Also OP has never returned to bug.

Marking as Invalid/no-response.